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Trying to find uses for my anger. Expert cat-chaser and book-hoarder. PhD STS + Anthropology @IITHyderabad | Alum: Development Studies @TISSMumbai and @daiict

Hyderabad, India
Joined October 2012
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Fieldwork done in Delhi and Mumbai with cab drivers and food delivery workers who told us fascinating and at times heartbreaking stories of their lives, all packed into this report, finally out and available to read on the CIS website. So happy this work is out!
Our report published with @azimpremjiuniv — Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New Delhi maps #Platform #Work in India through four case studies of workers driving taxis and delivering food for your favourite apps. cis-india.org/raw/cis-and-ap…
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How might researchers work with unions and labor movements to advance agendas of social and spatial justice? I write alongside colleagues and trade union saathis blog.castac.org/2026/08/plat…
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The 1st post in Labor Tech India's series presents union organisers' perspectives on researchers' contributions to movement spaces, offering suggestions to minimise research fatigue and facilitate collaborative engagements.
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Today on Platypus, @ishabhallamudi @EKunduri & @antishree  unpack how the gendered nature of platform work affects labour organizing in India and the opportunities for solidarity and forms of care that can emerge. Read the complete post here:blog.castac.org/2026/04/gend…
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How do we facilitate conversations amongst researchers across disciplines? @antishree, @Debopriya_Shome, and @KatrakMalcolm offer some answers from their work where they deploy labor as a lens to think with labor movements and write collaboratively: blog.castac.org/2026/02/tran…
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The 10 minute delivery is just the tip of the iceberg. There are bigger structural issues with the Indian Gig Economy that need to be addressed. Our statement on the decision to remove the 10 minute delivery promise 👇
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. @deepigoyal and others have said a lot about gig work. But what do workers think about the state of the gig economy? Two new articles published by our Union members for @IndianExpress & @scroll_in Link in the next tweets
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How to balance the researcher’s agenda and needs vs a union’s agenda and needs? Today on Platypus, @antishree and @ishabhallamudi introduce a new series: The Politics of Writing About Platform Workers’ Organizing. Read more here: blog.castac.org/2025/11/seri…
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💸 Gig workers can’t even see their own earnings history Platforms + vendors delete, hide, or distort wage data Without data, there’s no way to fight unfair pay. A first of its kind analysis on wage data of gig work companies in India Link to the analysis in the next twt
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📢Dark Store Audit Report in Delhi NCR RAWU conducted an audit of basic amenities and safety standards across 51 dark stores operated by major quick-commerce platforms, including Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart, Big Basket, and Flipkart Minutes.🧵 Report link in last twt
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How did the pandemic reshape ethnographies and doctoral journeys? This post, by @antishree, offers reflections on adapting research during global upheaval, highlighting the importance of partial vision for patchworking the field and enabling engagement. blog.castac.org/2025/07/patc…
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🚨One of the country’s largest quick-commerce platforms, @ZeptoNow, is shamelessly imposing a system of “digital bonded labour” on a section of its workers through its Rural Mobilization program — at a time when it's all set to go for a fresh round of IPO Full statement 👇
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देखिए प्लेटफॉर्म कंपनी की सच्चाई @PeekTV_in #gigworker #labourrights #Workers
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Clear violation of the anti discrimination policy of @urbancompany_UC as declared in @TowardsFairWork India, 2024 Report Policy also has deterrent provisions for customers UC must stand behind its workers!! ✊ @abhirajbhal @zoo_bear @MaktoobMedia fair.work/en/ratings/platfor…
#Delhi : BJP dist co-convenor Dewmani Sharma, asked names of Muslim AC service men from #UrbanClap and turned them down saying Muslimon se kaam nahi karvana, dusron ko bhej do in Delhi. They got just another reason to harras Muslims..
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I’m taking a break from my mental health to focus on my academic work
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Playwright @BoodhuRamu spends an entire day with Babasaheb on 14 April - his 135th Birth Anniversary - at some of the known and not so known addresses in the city. He takes a look at how Bombay shaped Babasaheb. As you go through the photo-essay you realise how the city provided a stage for Dr Ambedkar. A thread.
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One of our members @AmbikaTandon was recently quoted in a @timesofindia story by @notketakidesai on @urbancompany_UC 's "Insta Maid" service
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If @zomato workers took over its marketing team
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Why are Ola, Uber, Rapido cab drivers in Hyderabad starting a ‘no AC campaign’ from March 24? Source: Hindustan Times search.app/K1AHc
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.@TGPWU presses for robust gig Platform workers law. Union reps highlighted long-standing demands for fair wages, transparent algorithms, social security, and a dedicated welfare board. Union reps joined the stakeholder meeting with the labour Dept Prl. Secretary. Press Note 👇
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